The final conference committee report, which is the negotiated tax omnibus bill out of the tax conference committee, includes $32 million in debt service equalization, significantly more than originally proposed by the Senate ($15 million) and the Governor ($19 million). Approximately 56% of this will go to the taxpayers in SEE districts. Here is the estimated property tax relief for each district.
The problem is at this point the tax relief is not permanent but is only for property taxes paid in 2018 for the 2018-19 school year. Property taxes would then go back up. The Senate conferees support making this permanent and we want to make sure the House conference committee members support ongoing debt service property tax relief as well.
URGENT: Take the time now to send a polite email to the House conference committee members with the following message.
Thank the conferees for including debt service equalization in the tax bill.
Make the relief permanent.
Continue to work to find ways to make education-related levies more fair for low property wealth school districts.
Send email to the House tax conference committee members (cut and paste). rep.greg.davids@house.mn, rep.steve.drazkowski@house.mn, rep.joe.mcdonald@house.mn, rep.jerry.hertaus@house.mn, rep.paul.marquart@house.mn,
